Hunter Walker
AUGUST 7, 2021
This rarely occurs with established investors, because they know breaking their word is a reputation killer around our community. Whether it’s a hiring manager holding some candidates at bay while they continue interviewing. Can someone develop a reputation for being a Mr or Ms Maybe or overpromising and underdelivering?
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 22, 2010
Back in 1999 when I first raised venture capital I had zero knowledge of what a fair term sheet looked like or how to value my company. Due to competitive markets we ended up with a pretty good term sheet until we needed to raise money in April 2001 and then we got completely screwed. No hidden terms.
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This is going to be BIG.
JUNE 4, 2017
I love this job so much and like seeing other people succeed that I have serious FOMO not to hear those stories firsthand and be able to make those hiring intros, pitch a reporter, or ask the right question at the right time in a board meeting. The reputation you create off of each 1:1 interaction with a founder is like a rainy day fund.
This is going to be BIG.
AUGUST 21, 2023
Because you’ve still only got a handful of people on your team and you’re doing nine jobs—none of which involves creating enough reputation and industry notoriety to get on the radar of an investor quite yet. There’s a term sheet. was a term sheet. If they don’t like it, they can give you a better term sheet.”
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 21, 2010
I know he’s smart but you wouldn’t hire a Javascript developer to do your database design – would you? I’ve met several people from Cooley Godward who have stellar reputations in this category. He was the first guy that I saw demystify the legal terms in his term sheet series.
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 18, 2012
He shut down his company gracefully and even thought it must have felt like a crap sandwich doing so I’ll bet his reputation is still solid with his backers. But why don’t you just give me the damn term sheet you promised so I can trust you even more. You hire them, you own them now. Hire fast, fire faster.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 3, 2010
I believe these VC funds have suffered some amount of reputation fall out. We used the Y Combinator open source term sheet. We signed the term sheet within 48 hours and had funded in under 2 weeks. Great reputation. If you accept my terms you’re done. They elected to sign my term sheet.
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